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rare 1931 BMW IHLE 600 Sports Roadster found
Verrrry cool machine, but he won't get much love for it at the local car shows. In my experience, oddball cars (I've owned a few) aren't much appreciated by car show crowds, who'd rather spend the afternoon looking over very familiar 1-800-HOT-RODD catalog cars than learn about something foreign...- StraightEight
- Post #11
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Moving? maybe...
My pal likes to say, LA is a rat race but that's because there's more cheese here. Go where the work is. See you soon!- StraightEight
- Post #31
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Californians Please check in!
Torrance, in the shadows between city hall and American Honda Motor Corp. (you meet the nicest people on a Honda).- StraightEight
- Post #170
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!
In our opinion the pros far outweigh the cons. Pros are the tent is off the ground so there's no chill effect from ground dampness, and it weighs 140 lbs and is anchored to the truck so there's never a fear of it blowing away. It's made of heavy canvas and thick aluminum bar stock with a...- StraightEight
- Post #81
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Moving? maybe...
Okay, you're a negativist. Shockingly to those who haven't actually lived here, most of LA's 12 million people have other things on their minds besides gang wars, petty robberies, and dope. Indeed, the last time I was out in the farm lands of the Central Valley, the local police chief was...- StraightEight
- Post #15
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How about the WORST ads?
Better Homes & Gardens, October 1939.- StraightEight
- Post #61
- Forum: The Display Case
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Moving? maybe...
Apologies to any residents of Vegas, but I find the place utterly disturbing. Key to happiness in Los Angeles: live close to your job. It doesn't matter where the job is, there is a nice neighborhood within a 20 minute drive. Find it, own it. The local traffic has a Balkanizing effect on...- StraightEight
- Post #7
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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LA Quake - 7/29 11:42 5.8 magnitude
South Bay was shakin' for what seemed like 25-30 seconds, but it was pretty mellow, almost relaxing after the first big rattle. Wanted to drop another quarter in to keep it going. A great one for newcomers--not especially dangerous, and there was lots of time to soak it up for those details to...- StraightEight
- Post #12
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What are you wearing today??
We're rookies in this group. Not much vintage, except the car.- StraightEight
- Post #5,407
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Driving golden era cars in the modern era
Okey dokey. Current Buick show schedule: Tonight, around 6pm, Redondo Beach car cruise at Ruby's by the Redondo Pier. We may drive it to the big shindig at the Cicada Club on Sunday night. Depends on how hot it is. Pebble Beach weekend. Figuring an average speed of 35 mph, it's a 10.5...- StraightEight
- Post #38
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Driving golden era cars in the modern era
Relevant to the topic (stick with it, takes a while to get to its point): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWofCp8LWo0- StraightEight
- Post #36
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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I was there..
Space Camp, Huntsville, Ala., 2003. Two hours into a six hour sim of a re-supply mission to the International Space Station and fuel cell #3 goes flooey on the Shuttle as the crew is executing an OMS maneuver to dock with the ISC. The cabin lights are flickering, the environmental system...- StraightEight
- Post #16
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!
I didn't know they had an Airborn demonstration jump team. That looks fabulous. Why do people wash out? A few from this year's excursions: Lake Tahoe in the off season. Paradise. On our way to Utah. Descending into The Maze district of Canyonlands NP. Eight hours of serious...- StraightEight
- Post #72
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Golden Era Machinery!
Very cool. Wish I had a foyer big enough to display such a conversation piece. At least now we know where to go to get our cylinder heads shaved.- StraightEight
- Post #6
- Forum: The Display Case
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Boning up on Minutiae
#1: It's very fashionable these days for the embattled media trying to raise individual voices above a constant roar to be less about what is said than how it is said. E.g.: A few people favor some thing. A trend is perceived. Writers race to piss on the trend to avoid being perceived as...- StraightEight
- Post #21
- Forum: Hats
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Driving golden era cars in the modern era
Brakes: True, old cars with non-vacuum assist brakes take a bit more leg effort but I haven't found them to be so bad that the cars can't be driven in regular traffic. Generally, I've found that once you put them in order and adjust them per the manual (on especially on four-wheel drum cars)...- StraightEight
- Post #18
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.
Inherited from my grandfather.- StraightEight
- Post #1,044
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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My kind of digital cameras!
Missjoeri, please tell us what camera(s) you shot those photos with. Thanks.- StraightEight
- Post #31
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Now This is an Electric Car!
At least I'll have earned the ice cream.- StraightEight
- Post #7
- Forum: The Golden Era
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How to handle yard/estate sale thugs?
Myrna Loy would have just slugged 'em. Of course, it wouldn't be till later that you knew whether it was worth it or not.- StraightEight
- Post #45
- Forum: The Observation Bar
